Currency is sorted according to fitness by monitoring the transparency of a predetermined, limited area of each bill to blue light while in transit through a monitoring station. A photosensor, responsive to the transmittance of blue light through each bill, controls the position of a gate to route f ...

A parcel postage metering system comprises a scale for providing a parcel weight reading which is used in conjunction with the parcel destination (postal zone) to enter a postage memory and obtain the appropriate postage. The thus obtained postage controls apparatus for setting a postage meter to is ...

A method, and associated apparatus, for providing a user friendly central control display for a multi-station document inserter, comprising the steps of interconnecting a central control display to the inserter, displaying inserter operating functions on the central control display, activating the i ...

A universal multi-station document inserter has a plurality of feeder stations for feeding documents in response to signals from a central processor. Each feeder station has a unique address. Feeder programs are stored in distributed processors associated with the feeder stations which provide instr ...

A parcel postage metering system includes electromechanical apparatus for positioning the various digit selector arms of a postage meter in accordance with the corresponding digits of the postage, held in an output register, applicable to a parcel as determined on the basis of its weight and destina ...

A document inserter system having an improved control system is disclosed. The system includes a sheet inserter system and one or more web modules for, receiving a web of forms, scanning the forms for information, storing and retransmitting the information, separating the web into discrete forms and ...

A method and associated apparatus is disclosed for automatically providing a complete document collation during start up and shut down of a multi-station document inserter. The steps involved are initiating a Sequence Start Routine during start up of the inserter in which each feeder module is activ ...

A document inserter system having an improved control system is disclosed. The system includes a sheet inserter system and one or more web modules for, receiving a web of forms, scanning the forms for information, storing and retransmitting the information, separating the web into discrete forms and ...

A document inserter system having an improved control system is disclosed. The system includes a sheet inserter system and one or more web modules for, receiving a web of forms, scanning the forms for information, storing and retransmitting the information, separating the web into discrete forms and ...